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_ â€" vvuv " 1‘.“qu removing the wrappings in lukewarm water for two or three hours. Very fertile garden soil well enriched with old decomposed ~ ‘ cunt of vitality, in the roses by mail, but it is by the che: best way to get them. They mant plants and arrive tight] in mom. Immerse the roots __ _â€"-v A“ a purcelaln uned or granite kettle. ° ° ' â€"u.-ncovered-twenty minutes, taking bit of scum as fast as it rises jelly through it into the pitcher. Wet the jelly dishes in cold w ater before you fill them. Next. morning put a wet in brandy, because it shuts the alr entirely out Measure the Sugar; put the the juice over lined or granif. r--â€"-w bvsowro We forgot to say that pea a better flavor if third of the pits wlth the f gooseberries and wild grapes. need a; Tartar or a half t . Ls, while three-fourths of a pound is; enough for peaches or red raspberries; and (tux-rants together. 1‘73. :. _ It. It does noifl‘w’ "u” ”‘3‘" ’ mc'lke n °f d‘ff‘irPnce What kind of a ”ankle in]"' “A.- I Don’t have a thin dish or an xron? spoon in sight, but from first to last; use earthen, stone or graniteware. , Use the least water you can in cook? ing the fruit. Of course crab-apples; and quinces must have considerable, up} to about half their depth, but there! is no need of using ' -._... Rub the down off from peaches and quinces with a dry cloth; cut out the 010m ends and stems, as well as black and knotty spats, from crab- wples and quinces. and then cut the fruit in quarters. Wash currents in cold water before: you pick them from the stems; andi strawberries before they are hulledJ and dry them both on a soft cloth.§ Neither strawberries nor red raspber-! rles will make a jelly that is firm’ enough to keep its shape when turned? out of the bowl, but by using one»,I quarter part red currents, it will? ripe. Of course, jelly can be made out of half-grown culled fruit: but you never can give jelly any finer fla- vor than the fruit itself has; and be- sides this the larger the fruit the more juice it makes. 80 if you raise your own fruit, it is better economy to use‘ the calls for marmalade than jelly. I VLOWLVLU. U1- “[6 hwuwa, an uv wvv- - JELLY MAKING. set in a bright, u'rarm place, 'but not , f t I 'te t our inherited notions to in the direct sunlight. The can should rug across Vandeleur 3 8° ' n q» o ’ v k"' be removed every day to give air, but “Perfectly, thanks I" . the contrary, there 3 no more me :do not leave it off. .They will often The two men occupied a sheltered in making jelly than any other kind at start to grow at once. .When they nook on the cliffs at Hastings, clone ' d ' ' h r ore of rowth, preserves. for Vb?“ you do the fight ha" ma 8 “511° If ”f ff 3' M to the Palace Hotel; and Crawford. th from be inning to end it’s sure comm. ence leavmg t eg 358° 823° ay 1 ‘33 " g ;a little longer than before until they , after arranging Vandeleur's 1118’: to come and come fine, too. . fcan endure it without wilting, then f threw himself into a grass chair and If you have to buy your fruit, get 5 give full sunlight. Do not water un- lit his pipe. . - f ’til the round feels uite dr to the Just .as good for 36“? as 1°“ #0 0"- wuch “gen stirred. 31W 3 fisemke- .Vandeleur closed his eyes restfully. canmng and never any that is dead- . y . . swarm waterâ€"soapsuds if obtainable. ‘5 He looked pale and thin, and his left ripe. Of course, jelly can be made:rKeep a close watch for inseCts and ifierm rested in a sling _ . '- ‘f d . ' " out of half grown culled fruit, but, can remove by hand You will not After a few puffs Crawford burst ' ' l f' fl -' fail to have beautiful roses by follow- you never can give .181 y any met a : xng these mellods. and always remem- I out: vor than the frmt itself has; and be-A her that a plant just starting growth' “By Jove! isn't this glorious? What aides this the larger the fruit the more or while resting can be killed easierla difference the . b n it and juice it makes. So if you raise your by too much vyater than perhaps a-nflOmd‘u . I” re ‘3 etwee awn fruit, it is better economy to use Other way, While a plant growmg -Vig" .. rman. ' , :he calls for marmalade than jelly. gorously must be well supplied. While Rather: All the same, I liked it- ;the roses are blooming, give a weekly I liked the r h . h' 1. d Wash currants 'n cold ' t b f 7 ':t ' " ' ‘ , ' . us ‘md W 1r ’ ay, an I “a er 9 ore, v.1 ering “lth diluted manure water. even the killing and the chance of be- rou pick them from the stems; and} That from the chicken house to which ,I .. . . strawberries: mm... a..." m, mm .‘a little ashes has been added is best. ”‘3 kl-ledv addmg cynically. “I sup- be hot so the jelly will not set aste. \Vri 113 the cheese-cloth .t of boy {vater and strain Hm -v Luv JULCO and weigh the in the oven. and e m a porcelain- granite kettle. Boil the juice redâ€"twenty minutes, taking r bit of scum as fast as it rises; sugar get real hot, so 1 boil as soon as possible after it in. When the twenty min-3 IN 'v- 1 HE HOUSE. ~ “iith thé_fruit, juice and wei “183’ are dor- tightly packed roots without am in just 81‘ around h ‘1 Poker the stove says that whales are towed into the harbor and moored, sto be dragged by steam-power and logging chains up the slippery, slanting- wharf. j One little child would never go to 11‘0“; sleep in her little crib, if left alone; last, even before she could talk plainly she Offk‘j The mother had tried in many ways @1935 to make the child less timid, but she 9,119; finally gave up and sat beside her aere; every night until she was in a sound intsésleep. At last, one evening, a very hem; sensible auntie, came to visit mamma, f}: f and. after she had put Miss Baby in- {to her crib, she turned to go out of: ; of? the room, but the pitiful cry of theli and; little one soon brought her back be-;‘ 388'i side the crib, where she sat until baby I was in the land of dreams. Then: the! auntie reached up over baby's crib and ' In; took from the wall a colored picture of 3'08: Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf, .01’ f and from another side of the room a , “1-; picture of this same bad wolf, with: the, Wide Open mouth preparing to eat up i or, {he 800d 01d grandma. Auntie watch- 1' 37-8, ed with much interest the next night ’81‘,‘ to see if the removal of the pictures F‘lei would be noticed by Miss Baby, and. 0“ _? §he put her into her crib herself, say- DS; xng very lovrngly,.“Go.od night, dar- ‘1 no“: fined; from a cannon on the Theme lis a large projecfile at the filed. sharp and pointed so as to 1 crate the whgle's body. It is 10 Killed by Scientific Appliances. an: Snook’s Arm on the east coast i of Newfoundland, is a scientific whal- l Lagâ€"station, the only one in the “’93:- t'em HemiSPhere. Here, as well as at éThe Leviathan» or the Deep Are Now i i every appliance that skill can devise. A small harpoon. IS no longer hurled a from the hand of some trained Eskimo“! but am immense iron bar, more than! six feet long, With great Wino-e nn’ small naIpoon. IS no longer hurled from the hand of some trained Eskimo, but am immense iron bar, more than six feet long, with great wings or lung; auntie is: going intoâ€"Fig" £1;th room now." Baby sat up in her cnb. hooked for the dreaded pictures and wisely nodded her curly head as she ipointed her tiny finger to the vaoant {Spaces on the wall, and said, in her {baby language: “All gone, all gone," .6 than laid down and was soon sound ;.asleep, Yuil may be sure that those ‘ a â€" â€"° “numb; Gaby or her frienqs. i A CHILD'S FEAR OF PICTURES ,‘Jovex 'l'h‘a‘t r Be very careful in the selection of A lady at bre: pictures for the children’ s bed-room 01“ way or other the nursery. Remember that the lives? Crawford, the i of little children are made glad or sad; so evidently h by what they have about them. i been nrettv H 3 I'llimys cut the flowers before they fully expand, removing 3 or 4 inches of the Stem. Unless this is faithfully fol- .' 1011 ed your plants will soon be worth- . less _ I have seen a single rose, left wvvu u MAI-56 U LVDU, 191-0 on the plafit untrl its petals dropped, ruin the usefulness of the plant. WHALING AT SNOOK’S ARM. Cut the top: back about one-half. trim to a good shape and cut out all broken and misshapen roots. Set the plants half an inch lower than they were before and shape the earth well around the roots, press down and wa- ter. Cover with glass fruit cans and set in a bright, warm place, but not in the direct sunlight. The can should be removed every day to give air, but do not leave it off. . They will often cea by others which did net 511g: anything dis agreeable either to cmng 1'0 the l the Pinkest of my, ‘Good night, dar- going into the next .by sat up in her crib, dreaded pictures and ' V'andeié; \ . v r ‘ reat wmgs or f thoughts were St: 1 one end,-â€"1ike ‘ back two years I 3 _ heartle~s ma wpot that the)’ z threw 3m (:25? mam shaft,.â€"1§;tible reason. He in 1‘“ LL- ‘- fnL__J 0. 3-0 as to pene- It is loaded generate V01- ase. Mr. Change of V_ vvunvu ‘UL [118 hotel. ' and a flush stand it C rawfoEd -v comp said, “I underst back in half an '.' 'CFanOFd (mietly scooped down and Egrasped Vandeleur's hand. There was :81 lot of silent sympathy in that quiet ? hand-clasp. f Vandeleur was always somewhat of fa mystery to Crawford. The latter The shave was erfiheless they 11‘ And now he was “Forgive me, know. You see, afterâ€"after that. 3 Crawford, the News man. She had :11- so evidently heard that you and I \had i been pretty thick at the front, as she iinquired if you had completely recov- {er-ed; seemed quite interested in you, 'old chap. Her name is Sinclair." {I '. "Well. old fellow her once. Engage somehow, you 386, 1 deIrStand." “By Jove! isn't this glorious? What Ila difference there is between it and 'Omd‘urmianJ" . ’ “Rather! All the same, I liked it. I liked the rush and whirl; ay, and even the killing and the chance of be- Fing killed," adding cynically, “I SUp- pose I lam ungrateful, but sometimes I wish that Arab sword had caught me a.“ few inches lower down." “Oh! stop that. gWhat ails you, man? I often wonder whether it was Professional enterprise made you so reckless, orâ€"a love affair, eh? By Jove! That reminds me of something. A lady at breakfast this morning some way or other got to know that I was to the Palace Hotel; and Crawford, after arranging Vande‘leur’s r118. threw himself into a grass chair and lit his pipe. .Vandeleur closed his eyes TCStfi-IIIY- “Quite comfortable now 3" asked Crawford of the News, as he threw a rug across Vandeleur's feet- “Perfeotly, thanks!" The two men occupied a sheltered nook on the cliffs at Hastings, close lmpqssible'; Hcr Mistake. :ly complimentary to but 1 would rather I :. You underStand 3" rd comprehended, and understand, old man impulse was to T8 .-:L.nder8d such V in. bug '11 0f the Egiel. Slightly, and. a . J or a moment m hls it inevitably take her Lere Van l [M ““5198“..- was fellow, you see I knew Engaged, got chucked; 1 see, I oa-n'tâ€" You un- â€"--H ltter as they went and he recalled the in which this woman without any percep- oould never under- [S a close one, but nev- had pulled him round: hour.” then ; 111 be oman play Witâ€"h him in the end? abrupt1y_ ceased same ? he so confound. '9 theré ionging the péih WOD- to stay She Pan-sad a m thoughts. and gza Who continued to War (15- Then she â€""_V- She paused a mo] chin on hex. hand, an a glance at her. She had changed Lhought-â€".grown gent dued; and the Dassic 'ng what I consider! had use for my apparently I fit - While dmfig ‘33, touched that of V th? b100d to jump He will never to -â€"never! Neither spoke for the pause was be 'when a puff off'wam deleur's rug. He reach for it; but 1 stalled: him, and wi me 1" arranged it. A strong desire to tend and nurse this man, whom she loved as a woman on? y loves once. overmastered her, and she experienced a mad impulse to cast all conventionality aside, and throw herself at his feet and cry: “Oh, my love, my love, I Mronged you innocentâ€" ly! It is all a hideous mistake ! ‘XrAn'h â€"A-â€" ___â€"â€"â€"â€"d wv-u “Were they i” said Vandeleur iron- ically. “Sorry to say their feelings must pass u'nappreciated. Enough of myself, however, I presume you are staying down here for some time ?" he added, as he threw his cigarette away. “Please don'tl" cried Miss Sinclair. “You know I have no objection; my tastes have not changed even in eigh- teen months." “Excuse me," said Vandeleur, cold-‘ 1y. “I thought they had. 1 it is of no consequence, as I smoke; very little now, tobacco doesn't com-i mend. itself to invalids, you know.” ! During the conversation Miss Sinw . . ' clair had been surreptitiously observ-l l I noted the unmistakable evidence of} suifering in his look. “But surely, Mr. Vandeleur," she said, “your wound cannot be of so tri- vial a nature as you would have one believe? You were reported killed at first; all the papers said so, and 1â€"- eve‘ry one was so dreadfully sorry." (1“? - She hesitated for a moment, then quietly sat down. His own desire now was to keep her, and an unnatural elevation pervaded him as he hailed with almost hysteri- cal delight the prospect of showing this woman how utterly indifferent he was to her. “Won't you please sn down, Miss Sinclair? I long ro have a chat with an old friend." Pointing to the seat which Crawford had vacated a few minutes previously. he continued: “Pshawl Créwford is an awfully good fellow; but, you know, he occa. siona'lly constructs a mountain out of a molehill." Van'deleur mentally a‘natfiematized Crawford, as he said, with a bad imit- ation of a laugh: “Yes; I am very well, thank you. Butâ€"but Mr. Crawford told me you had by no means r_e_covered yet." “Thank you. Except for the fact of feeling rather weak now and then, I am comparatively well. I trust you are quite weil, Miss Sinclair ?" Although Vandeleur's Hea'rt “Iiâ€"eat quickly, he was outwardlycalm and 0001313 h_e replieql nonchglantly: “I érm éo g'laa, Mr'. Vandeleur, to see that you are Rettgziâ€"so‘ ve1_‘y giad.f__' At the first glance, however, she re- cognized him, and the sudden shock was almost painful; but, recovering herself in a moment, walked straight up to Vandeleur, 4nd held out her hand, saying ge‘gglyzn qu'ite qloég. ing to fight a. cigarette, until she was sea a moment to collect her and gianced at Vandeleur. never forgive, she thought a moment, resting her nd, and Vandeleur stole .ng so, her hand slightly ; of Vandeleur, causing jump madly through his the color flooded her own He feebly 'égs‘fiad' “:0 but Miss Sinclair fore- }q with a , “Please allow away, hoiever, as Shifted his . 10 When a man pays a gzzmgélva; tr hoarse- pliment it is send that f ’â€"-i‘t was ets him. ' waY o t I could!g That’s nOt exactly [fie man. she. sometimes forg“18 the com - she always remembers “had ost.’ Only the 18 some strong reason to lhe contrary. Letters gather dust; they grow yel- low and faded ; the writers and recip- [tents alike pass away. and a trunk In the attic under the eaves holds the loves and hates, the secrets, the scan- dals, perhaps, of a generation gone. A. woman rummaging in her garret dis- covered one day the strange and hith- erto unsuspected shameful story of an ancestress whose memory had been held in honor through the long years. It was told in letters which ought to have been burned as soon as read. \Vhere there are family revelations of disaster or sin, family traditions of “hate: or malice, where a family skele- ton rattles his dry bones in the palm of familiar correspondence, there is but; one sane thing to do, and that 18 to reduce the infamy to ashes as soon as possible. We owe something to those who are contemporaries, some- thing to ourselves, something to those Who may come after us, in our condu0t as regards the written word. . . letter. They _; keep in orderly files, duly labelled 3 I and endorsed in the proper SUCCQSsion. ; all communications received duringa | week, a month, a year, a lifetime. E01 . 1 business reasons it is well to preserve l V ' ~ . lwithout being weighted by a straw'e unnecessary load. Even in this line of written transaction. however, there comes a period when pigeon-holes and desks may be cleared, and room made for new claimants. the old having had their day; that which was of an ac- knowledged permanence, like title- deeds and marriage-records, commit- bed' to volumes and safes in selemed places, and that which was merely transient. being given to the flames. Hard as it seems to the friendly hand and heart to pursue a similar course with letters of sentiment, or with family correSpondence, it is usually wise after an interval to de- stroy all letters received, unless there XVORDS THAT LIVE- against hers. “You forgive g” . ‘, '. “LIy dear! My darl‘ he said. ‘V “DJ. Vandeieur Coul‘ in his heart was Preclude tall uu held her hand as it ‘go. ”Than 01- I. ,_~ as it he received during a _ B AND PLENTY ~ 1 1.033qu - OF .11.! Mite-9‘ ’ . ‘ v ofaonon and real benef'n‘ W 0” ;well through boulders andviay. and ' what is called a drive up}: D“- m . . . . I was fortunate m strxking a CW'OENVMQI- :Over the \x‘eLi allow tower and 12m 11p ;; mam“. I 1'th went alum 3.1. it. down the incline off‘th'e 'hill and 1:12:64- 3 large excavation 18 ft. in dian‘wiv‘ and 15 ft. ,dee . This I fined “11}. a ‘one wall 2 ft thix‘k, taxing tiw the earth an men-Jr and Kim. center in (‘t-.11‘.(‘11'_. ‘ par}. mxi tioa toward the The bottom was raved thh robbep- mums and cement, and the Sidets \\ pm. covered with two feet of earth, “3; ~11 the exception Of a manhole in the; (14;- tea‘ 2 ft square. The water is condumed underground from the pump to the reservoir, in :5 11.4411. pipe from my buildings 1‘. bottom of thisxeservoir, keqdug :: (:1 all points 4ft. under the suruive L1” 1.3}: . At the lower end of this ‘ ' I have ‘three branch plpvs. each three-fourths. of an web 11; up. into a sink. One .3038 imo 1m: lame barn and the other to my yuckirg bbuse. I also have a 6041. husm an." nozzle W’hicth can be attached a? :1 moment’s nonice, and as the reservnir B 60 ft. about the hydrant the pressur “ is very good. The hose «can be usw for Washing carriages, car‘;;xeLs, rugs windows, pordh'es, horses. 81C... um spraying lawns, flowers or Ehruhlwx‘y and in case of fire water cvuid l/ thrown into any room. in the housu a: on the roof of any of the farm Luild' lugs. I have an overflow pipe fruuI the reservoir, 80 that the mill (".1 n ruq‘ continuously, and as 1.111%, rese-I‘n-iq holds about 500 barrels, 1th wan-r Ls always pure. It .is jusr as fl‘t‘ész- :31 when it came from the well. 'I'Lv hx-J drants cut; off Uhe “utter Emlma.‘ thel surface of the ground, so that it xzevei gqtg warm, nor does it. freeze. J . 4 My plank 006: me about $4M drilling of the well was diffi much of the material passe" lbw-1),. was rock. The trenches Wexe (1 through stiff clay, and the 1i; ing ‘A more than would be necessarx in m- cases. If it is desirable I (an 1' n: 0. small stream and let it run 1;; and day for the benefit Of the st in lots or pasture, or for irrig mu would most earnesnly recmmm 1‘ ' system of water works on dry l rolling farms andthere are thunsm 0‘ them that can be suIJ-plied by ‘ wonderfully handy system at a a»: not. to exceed $200 to $250. HOW FARMERS MAY HELP XIII ROADS. It is easily possible for farm-eh u keep country roads in a mum 1.01:0: canditiorn than most of them 1: In; a present. The in'dividual can affnrd :l do road mending on the same llr‘imipi that he mpgirs fences and buildings "It pays me.” And a land (mner m; ah to feel as much shame, even guigz. we fore the general public over a mudhol that can be drained. or over a CbCh'd hp sluice along his premises as n‘ It is net: necessary to wait for :13 Milâ€"Working season 10 some. '3‘! most profitable, common sense m»! can be PM in a iiule at a time. ;: q t13e fight time. Drainage is I'm; n Cmmng and the ending uf the by matter, if roads are to he reads a n?“ 810118133, ‘Vafering-I roughs ;.r hfllside Springs are upmmon czzuseg j “'3“de Water, yet it is a very s: A P18 matter to dixect the “finer {30“ mg from them in the way it. sham! 3°.- A Moshe, a loose board, a chunk 1 so“. Washed down against the end 0f: ““3100 may choke in up an it is mr than nothing. Five minutes' m. 3mm Bend the water rushing throw plgy of filth. “mow the many artificial uped a?“ for making plants do as or Wishes, that Of girdling or ringing 1i ‘l‘ape, Which is now and then pracz’u *1 .by harticulturism, is not the 19:1: mall interesting, says the Hum M It Wists of the entire remo‘ . . milk“ below the fruit (-lu whmamm before the time 1 Its FFOper Channel. I1. is not 120M)” mon to 888 water following I'bc? “Leg rm, for rOdS, When a man with LGf :1 eye can also see that a merv z'u‘ through the ridge at the edge of E ’9“! would lead the water mic t1 ditch, pgrhaps down a bank. “£2099? into a bad hole or so: a W superfluous Stones 11«‘ “then t0keep the water out “0qu War? a doubleJheaded blessing 10 a! “83138 that way. Heaving out 3 f9} ““be!!! old stones from the Ira-C '70?“ Work detriment to the Marl Emu}; and Wagon make-r perhaps 1.1 1 “3 Saving to the farmer. If a $23119“:th Were thus well kept'u ,‘EW- This View of the subjéz-z. ‘ {fig-"8°"? than one feature of pracuq . intelligence, economv, 3 mm W out for number one, no n17 fig... ow mm others are also hen ' u ““56 “m at wua “('11 3‘} the yéarly toll of public serxice vmu mm more and more toward I‘m gr roads 0f “Which all are dreaming at 91508 This View of the subjfm ' over neglected cattle Gr ( GIRDLIN G GRAPES